Are you even sure that your set-top players recognize DVD recordable media? And if so, which ones? Support is pretty standard now, but that has not always been the case. There are some players that only recognize some writable media formats and not others (or none at all). And some have problems with some brands.

Assuming it is not a media problem, then my next question would be "how" did you create the DVDs? Did you burn as a "movie" disc or did you simply create a data disc with movie files? That would also explain your problem.

What software did you use to create the discs and what process did you follow to do that?

My DVD player should recognize recordable media. It has in the past. For example, I downloaded a movie and burnt it to a DVD-R using Nero and it worked fine. In that case I extracted it and used DVD Shrink to create all the vob files etc.

In this case I had a .vob and used ifo edit to create the ifo and bup files. I then used Nero to create a DVD Video Disc, not a data disc. Then my players did not recognize the format.

Basically I had a .wmv that I wanted to throw on a DVD. I converted the .wmv to a .vob (using Super DVD Creator) and then created the IFO/BUP files using ifoedit. I tried using DVD Shrink but I wasn't able to load the VOB into it. It seems like it needs an image file like an ISO/IMG or something. Maybe I am doing something wrong there?

I agree, I think DVD Shrink is just used to extract DVD images etc. Super DVD Creator seems to only convert the file from WMV to VOB. So I am then left with only a VOB file. I read somewhere that I need to create the BUP and IFO files (using ifoedit) and then burn the compilation to a DVD. I did that and all the players I try do not recognize the format.

I have the full version of Nero 8 I think it is but it doesn't give me any option to burn a WMV onto a DVD to be playable on any DVD player. Thats why I downloaded the free trial of super dvd to convert it to a VOB first and then use Nero to burn.

If you have the full version of Nero 8, I can't understand why it doesn't have the option of creating a DVD.

Try this: Open My Computer, Go to 'C:\Program Files', open the 'Nero' folder, then look for a 'Nero Vision' folder and open it, look for a 'nerovision.exe' file. Note that if you don't have the 'show extensions' option enabled, you won't see the 'EXE'. Double click on that file. It 'should' open up a window where you can select 'Make DVD'.

Another scenario. I downloaded a movie and it came as a bunch or RAR files. I extracted the RAR's which then made an ISO. I used DVD Shrink to backup the movie. It made all the VOB/BUP/IFO files I need. So I burned to a DVD using Nero like any other movie, but again my DVD players will not read the disc.

If I try to play it on my PC it works fine. But the DVD players say "Unformat".

Are you sure you used the "Movie" option in Nero when burning the disc and didn't just burn it as a data disc? If it was an ISO why did you run it through DVDShrink? If it was small enough to fit on a DVD you could have just burned the ISO (as an ISO not a data disc).

I too am using a full version of Super DVD Creator. It first creates vob file in a folder then it wants to to burn those files to disk but my disk will not work on my dvd player but they will work on my PC and Mac. Not sure why I can play them on my home dvd player

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